plank - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • wood: Then they went to buy planks of good wood in the town at the bottom of mountain.

Converse of object

  • fasten: Imagine a bolt, nail or screw fastening a plank to a frame underwater.
  • saw: He chops wood and saws the planks and he is a handsome man but he is dead.
  • walk: Walk the plank all seats were we enjoyed the.
  • nail: A couple of planks nailed to a post telling you where you are.

Adjective modifier

  • precast: In a new block of flats it is proposed to use precast concrete floor planks.
  • wooden: Poles to support the thatched roof rest on wooden planks on the inside edge of the wall.
  • overlapping: All vessels were built in the clinker style, using overlapping planks fastened together with iron nails.
  • central: A central plank of the charter is the aim to reduce the number of road deaths by 50 % by 2010.
  • thick: The tracks stopped with no ceremony or barrier beyond a thick plank of wood nailed to two posts in the ground.
  • concrete: The seats are fixed with steel angles to precast concrete planks supported on steel beams to form a rake.

Modifies a noun

  • bridge: Crossing the plank bridge we did our best to walk along the field edge!
  • wagon: We are now on the lookout for a five plank wagon, a type which was used on the Dolgarrog system.
  • flooring: Raised plank flooring under benches; heating pipes run either side of the pews.
  • groove: Part of the work included building a clay dam to keep water away from stop plank grooves.

Noun used with modifier

  • keel: Figure 2 A corroded rudder bearing The potential problem area is the lower bearing, above the keel plank.
  • scaffold: Sand ladders - 24 " x 12 " or two short scaffold planks 24 " x 9 " x 1.5.
  • gang: The new ones are of such a height to enable the gang plank to be mounted over the vents.
  • oak: In fact the walls were built on elm piles 12 to 15 feet deep, overlaid with oak planks in rows of four.
  • pine: The old pine planks have actually lasted quite well.

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